I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.

Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist.

Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.

Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.

[Barack Obama] has been a very negative force. I think you see this when you see the tremendous division in the country, when you see Baltimore, when you see Ferguson and St. Louis.

There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to do so if the people are sincere.

Being a novelty had its advantages.

My worth to God in public is what I am in private.

There is dignity in your being even if there's indignity in what you're doing.

Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.